WorksheetsELT Terminology
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
Often involves walking around to listen to Ss’ conversations, or sitting down and tuning in and out of Ss' conversation.
pair work
feedback stages
monitoring
group work
This is the real thing e.g. a teacher can bring in banana and apple teach those words.
realia
student-centred
eliciting
highlighting langugae
Instead of telling Ss, you can ask them a question, give a definition, etc. to encourage them to say it instead of you.
student-centred
concept questions
eliciting
modelling language
These are pictures of different things, people, or places often mounted onto card.
realia
choral drills
feedback stages
flashcards
These are short (often yes/no) questions you ask to make sure the students have understood what you want them to do.
modelling language
concept questions
checking instructions
highlighting language
This is where you use your fingers as a visual way of showing i.e, syllables in a word or contractions.
modelling language
concept questions
flashcards
finger highighting
A useful strategy for checking students' understanding of specific language.
checking instructions
concept questions
modelling language
choral drills
An activity or task a student does with another student.
Checking instructions
group work
pair work
monitoring
An activity or task done by three or more students.
pair work
group work
concept questions
monitoring
During these stages, the teacher is the centre of attention and most exchanges go through or to the teacher.
student-centred activities
feedback stages
teacher-centred (also known as teacher-fronted) activities
modelling language
This is where all the students repeat something, i.e., a word or longer stretch of language at the same time.
choral drills
individual drills
modelling language
closed pairs
This is where you say something to show students how a word is pronounced or how a language item is used in a sentence.
choral drills
individual drills
modelling language
highlighting language
These are stages where the teacher might check answers, opinions, or language after students have done the activity.
monitoring
feedback stages
checking instructions
open pairs
These are activities where the students are all actively engaged, and the focus is off the teacher.
teacher-centred activities
highlighting language
feedback stages
student-centred activities
This is where two students exchange language across the classroom with the other students listening.
closed pairs
open pairs
individual drills
student-centred activities
This is where students work in twos. All students are working at the same time.
closed pairs
open pairs
checking instructions
modelling language
This is where you ask individual students to repeat something. E.g., to help with the pronunciation of a word/sentence.
choral drills
feedback stages
highlighting language
individual drills
This is what teachers do when they want the students to notice something interesting about a word or sentence.
modelling language
finger highlighting
choral drill
highlighting language
